Posts by Danielle
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Cracker: The Colorado Experiment, in reply to Russell Brown,
I’m sure it will improve your mood no end to learn that it’s been driven-relentlessly through fearmongering by a commercialised agency that you you own as a taxpaying citizen.
Oh, TERRIFIC. Thanks so much for that, Russell. ;)
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Cracker: The Colorado Experiment, in reply to Blake Monkley,
Urine testing unfortunately is happening in retail or cubicle jobs
This will be a surprise to precisely no one, but fucking hell I hate capitalism sometimes. This is a thing in New Zealand now? Pissing in a cup so managerial wowsers can make sure they're seen to be doing something? We don’t even have health insurance tied to our jobs here like they do in the States, so it doesn’t make sense on any level except an authoritarian/demeaning one. BLAH.
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Cracker: The Colorado Experiment, in reply to Blake Monkley,
regular saliva testing is a more cost effective way
I can understand restricted drug testing at work when other people's lives might be at risk, but I would definitely not like us to have a society that makes people pee in a cup (or spit on a stick, or whatever) just to get or hold on to some bullshit retail or cubicle job. That's how the US works in many places and I think it's horrible.
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Hard News: Jones: The contender leaves, in reply to Mandy S,
I *am* an overly PC, third wave feminist type and I wrote Jones off after the geldings comment. I won't be mourning him either.
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Estere was so fun last night! I greatly enjoyed her set. (And Erykah Badu was something else.)
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I am sitting here in awe at all this skill and the beautiful results. Last month I replaced the handles on our kitchen cupboards, used the wrong drill bit and stripped three screws, then had to ring the local Hire-a-Hubby* to fix my mess. That is the extent of my home renovation ability, and my husband is, if possible, even worse. WE ARE NOT YOUR KIND. :)
*He is called Orlando, which I consider the best name for a handyperson of all time.
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I, too, am a non-gardener. But three years ago we moved to a house on the site of an old plum orchard, and we have, um, about 18 plum trees. Not all of them fruit, but enough of them do for us to be swimming in plums in late December and early January. Last year, after my dog died, I threw myself into making plum jam and plum sauce (I have discovered that I tend to achieve unusual things while grieving. After my grandfather died I cleaned out the whole garage). Anyway, despite being initially rather frightened of the whole process, I appear to have a happy facility for jam - it helps that plum jam is very simple to make, and that our plum varieties are nearly all red-fleshed and slightly tart.
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High Hoops’ typically disco take on Broods’ celebrated debut song
Oh good, a version of the song I can properly like. :)
ETA I just can't seem to get into anything without a reasonable amount of four on the floor, lately. I'm getting shallower as I get older!
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Muse: Guilt By Association Copy, in reply to Greg Dawson,
so everything associated with that should be destroyed or hidden and only weirdos and creeps would be interested in anything to do with it
No, I don't think it should be destroyed or hidden, but yeah, I think it's weird and creepy to spend top dollar for it and keep it as an "investment". Soz.
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Muse: Guilt By Association Copy, in reply to Lucy Stewart,
the weird and creepy bit for me is the autograph
Exactly. I also consider that weird. And kinda gross. I should stress that I don't think he has Nazi sympathies, but even if you're a collector, you don't necessarily *need* to fetishise an object that is associated with genocide. Yicchhh.